Browsing: Pittsburgh Penguins

Click here to read my column from lohud.com. Click here to read Josh Thomson’s game story. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Click here to see Carl Hagelin’s series-winning goal a few more times, and…

Post-game notes & quotes courtesy of the NYR: Rangers 2, Penguins 1 (OT). Click here for boxscore with links to Game Summary, etc. – TOP OF THE HEAP – The Rangers are the only NHL team who has won at least one playoff series in each of the last…

Game 5. Penguins at Rangers. You’re well aware that the Rangers have this little habit of making things difficult for themselves, having not won a series in fewer than six games since 2008 (vs. Devils) and having won five of their last six series in seven. The only exception:…

Here is Josh’s story from lohud.com: By Josh Thomson NEW YORK — Even the mere suggestion of closing the series with Pittsburgh early left Henrik Lundqvist uneasy. After all, these are the Rangers, his Rangers, who haven’t won a series in less than six games since 2008. Rest? They never…

Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference audio. Thoughts: 1) We’ve talked, now, for 86 games, about the Find-A-Way Rangers. Been doing it all year. But this was another new way. This time they really had to…

Post-game notes courtesy of the NYR; audio courtesy of the Penguins: Rangers 2, Penguins 1 (OT). Click here for boxscore with links to Game Summary, etc. – THREE’S COMPANY – Entering this series, the Rangers have posted a 13-1 series record in 14 all-time best-of-seven playoff series in which…

Game 4. Rangers at Penguins. Might be a good time for the Rangers to break the pattern. You know the one: The last 13 times they have taken a series lead, they lost the next game 12 times. The only exception was when they beat Dustin Tokarski in Game…

Pre-game notes courtesy of the Rangers: NEW YORK RANGERS at PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2015, 7:00 p.m. ET CONSOL Energy Center – Pittsburgh, PA Rangers: 2-1 Penguins: 1-2 TONIGHT’S GAME The Rangers play Game 4 of their Eastern Conference First Round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins at CONSOL Energy…

Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Thoughts: 1) Well, that game sure had some nasty in it, and it was a big-boy pants game for ya boys. They usually bounce back from a stinker, and despite what Alain Vigneault thinks, I thought Game 2…

Post-game notes courtesy of the NYR: Rangers 2, Penguins 1. Click here for boxscore with links to Game Summary, etc. – (GAME) THREE’S COMPANY – The Rangers have posted a 10-2 series record in the last 12 playoff series in which they led two games to one following Game…

Game 3. Rangers at Penguins. So, guessing from the chatter on the blog and on twitter, the Rangers trail this best-of-seven one game to one. Panic at the disco! We’re putting up an awning on the ledge tonight, you know, because of the rain. According to Elias Sports, when…

Pre-game notes courtesy of the NYR: NEW YORK RANGERS at PITTSBURGH PENGUINS Monday, Apr. 20, 2015, 7:00 p.m. ET CONSOL Energy Center – Pittsburgh, PA Rangers: 1-1 Penguins: 1-1 TONIGHT’S GAME The Rangers play Game 3 of their Eastern Conference First Round series against the Pittsburgh Penguins at CONSOL Energy…

A few things first. Alain Vigneault said in Pittsburgh this evening that of the six periods of hockey so far, he’s liked the way the Rangers have played in five of them. He didn’t like the second period of Game 2. Not sure I agree with him. AV also said…

Click here to read my column from lohud.com. Click here to read Josh Thomson’s game story. Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for video of John Amirante’s final MSG National Anthem. Thoughts: 1) Boy, oh boy, do I love this place (and…

Post-game notes & quotes courtesy of the NYR: Penguins 4, Rangers 3. Click here for boxscore with links to Game Summary, etc. – Derek Stepan tallied two points (one goal, one assist), recorded three shots on goal, and posted a plus-two rating in 21:20 of ice time. The Rangers…

Game 2. Penguins at Rangers. First, tonight is the final national anthem at MSG for John Amirante. Click here to read the story. As always, I expect this series to be 1-1 after two … LOL. … But if it isn’t, here’s the stat, courtesy of the NHL via…

My stories from lohud.com: By Rick Carpiniello GREENBURGH – The people on the outside – the ones who call Dan Girardi a cyborg, or a man of steel, or indestructible, or non-human – should know that the Rangers feel the same way. Girardi just laughed when asked about that Friday.…

Click here for the boxscore with links to the game summary, etc. Click here for Alain Vigneault’s post-game press conference video. Thoughts: 1) I told you it wouldn’t be easy, and it wasn’t. This series won’t be easy, either, even if it ends up 4-0. It won’t. But it was…

Post-game notes & quotes courtesy of the NYR: Rangers 2, Penguins 1. Click here for boxscore with links to Game Summary, etc. – HOME SWEET HOME – The Rangers have won 17 of their last 26 playoff games at Madison Square Garden, dating back to Game 7 of the…